nutty slack
A cheap fuel consisting of slack and nutsA cheap fuel consisting of slack (“coal dust”) and nuts (“small lumps of coal”); unlike other solid fuels it was not rationed during the period after World War II.
/ˌnʌti ˈslæk/
Meaning
1 senses(UK, historical, uncountable)A cheap fuel consisting of slack (“coal dust”) and nuts (“small lumps of coal”); unlike other solid fuels it was not rationed during the period after World War II.
Origin
From nutty (“containing nuts”) + slack.From nutty (“containing nuts”) + slack.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable